One Drawer Fashion, The 333 Challenge

The Challenge

Originally proposed by Courtney Carver of the Be More With Less book and blog, the 333 challenge is an effort to live for 3 months with only 33 items in your wardrobe, including jewellery, shoes and other accessories.

With the 100 items challenge having already whittled down my clothing collection substantially, reducing it even further is a significant challenge. A tangential issue is that I’m not actually doing all that well at keeping my possessions to 100 items, at the moment I’m sitting at around 110 since indulging in a retail therapy experiment for my “30 days to find my zen” challenge.

The Rules

What’s not included: these items are not counted as part of the 33 items – socks, underwear, sleep wear, in-home lounge wear, and workout clothing
How: over the next two months, outline your 33 items, by the 1st of October, box up the remainder of your fashion statement, seal it with tape and put it out of sight.

What else: consider that you are creating a wardrobe you can live, work, and play in for three months. If you purchase items for project 333, stick with the one in, two out, approach. Consider the essentials and stick to 33.

In July, I began the initial part of the 333 challenge by sorting through clothing and considering something I rarely had before, fashion. Actually making the 333 list exposed my deep fashion naivety when it occurred to me that I didn’t know the names for the types of clothing I owned, such as the shrug, the knit top or finding out that it’s a button down top not a button up. I still have a few weeks to finalize my list of the wearable items that will get me through work, play, and travel for three months, but this is my preliminary list:

My 333 List

Shirts

Shirt – Spaghetti Strap Top

Shirt – Tank Top

Shirt – Long Sleeve Knit Top

Shirt – Red T-shirt

Shirt – Yellow T-shirt

Shirt – Patterned T-shirt

Shirt – Star Trek T-shirt

Shirt – White Buttoned Down Top

Pants

Pants – Jeans

Pants – Red

Pants – Black & Red

Pants – Black

Skirts

Skirt – Long / Black

Skirt – Short / Red Striped

Skirt – Short / Grey

Dresses

Dress – Sun

Dress – LBD

Shoes

Shoes – Flats

Shoes – Walking

Shoes – Heeled Boots

Coats & Sweaters

Long Coat

Long Grey Sweater

Accessories

Sun Glasses

Hat – Fedora

Belt – Black

Hip Sack – Blue

Shell – White Lace

Shrug – Black Ballet

Vest – Leather

Jewelry – Earrings

Jewelry – Necklace

The challenge officially starts October 1st and I’m excited to use the limitations of the 333 challenge to spark my fashion creativity and passion.